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Much the same as any other open-source debate, opinions about the future of Linux on the desktop are about as varied as they come ...

Motorola will tap Microsoft's platform to enhance its emergency services software applications, the company announced today ...

Symantec has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquirean agent-less IT security compliance software company in a US$209 millionall-cash transaction ...

IBM today said it has formed a joint agreement with Univa Corporation, acommercial software and professional services provider for open-sourceGlobus software ...

Low-cost general use PCs are becoming a reality with recent announcementsfrom the MIT Media Lab and AMD. Chipmaker AMD began peddling a US$299 PC designed for emerging markets at U.S. Radio Shack stores over the weekend ...

Smart mobile devices are surpassing the growth in the overall mobile market, according to new research from Canalys ...

In a move to tap into the growing popularity of the digital device type that Apple's iPod has made a household name, the Walt Disney Co. yesterday announced plans to peddle a kid-sized MP3 player ...

MIT researchers are forging ahead with plans to put US$100 laptops into the hands of the world's children ...

In its first release since it was acquired by eBay earlier this month, VoIP provider Skype yesterday introduced a new version for Windows platform ...

In its first release since it was acquired by eBay earlier this month, VoIP provider Skype today introduced a new version for Windows platform ...

MIT researchers are forging ahead with plans to put US$100 laptops into the hands of the world's children ...

Just months after its US$250 million acquisition of Topspin, Cisco Systems today announced the first fruit of the merger's labors: technology that will help customers power their on-demand computing systems ...

Sanyo today unveiled the Sanyo MVP, a multimedia phone built exclusively for ESPN Mobile ...

Microsoft and JBoss today bridged part of the gap between open-source and commercial software with plans to explore how their respective technologies can work together better ...

In a bid to grab market share from Microsoft, Sun today launched the latest version of its desktop productivity suite, StarOffice 8. The offering represents the first upgrade for Sun's office software in about two years -- one that is designed with improved compatibility with Microsoft Office ...

Dell yesterday said it has added multi-core technology from Intel to its portfolio of dual-socket servers and workstations. Meanwhile, AMD also said yesterday that IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Sun are using its new dual-core Opteron ...

Dell today said it has added multi-core technology from Intel to its portfolio of dual-socket servers and workstations. Meanwhile, AMD also said today that IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Sun are using its new dual-core Opteron ...

With worldwide ringtone sales reaching more than US$4 billion last year, some industry experts have speculated that phone tones will soon outsell CDs. Others, however, speculate that ringtones' success will be shortlived, and that they will eventually go the way of beepers: virtually extinct ...

Nokia is making moves to draw more developers to its platform in an increasingly open-source software landscape. Part of the phone maker's strategy is getting a little cozier with the Eclipse Foundation ...

In a move to beef up on the latest online security threats, Symantec has agreed to acquire WholeSecurity, a behavior-based security and anti-phishing technology firm ...